The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the White House are co-hosting a first-of-its kind summit that will recognize the profound impact that arts and culture play in shaping our lives, communities, and nation. "Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Summit on Arts and Culture in our Communities," will take place on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. E.T. in Washington, D.C. and will be available to the public as a livestream at arts.gov.
Events
City Lore, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is pleased to present a zoom session on January 16, 2024 at 8:00 pm EST featuring conversations about the transformative power of spirituality in the doll and puppet making processes with several African American doll and puppet makers featured in their current exhibition, “The Calling: The Transformative Power of African American Doll and Puppet Making.”
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced this year’s NEA National Heritage Fellows, recipients of our nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
Register today for GetSmART! Learning Series: Your Impact Through Data workshop to use data, statistics, analytics in grant applications and outcome reports. The workshop is free to attend and will be conducted on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 10 a.m. via Zoom.
The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, in partnership with the Louisiana Division of the Arts, is hosting the Louisiana Arts Summit (LAS). The three-day event offers artists, arts organizations, educators, business leaders, and community members opportunities for discussion, networking, and professional development.
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be presented from June 29 to July 4 and July 6 to July 9. Admission to the festival is free and open to the public.
The 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology will be held on October 19-22, 2023, in Ottawa, Canada, at the Westin Ottawa Hotel.
In this year’s annual Rosemary Miller Lecture, Duncan Campbell remembers Nancy Hiller and her deep commitment to historic preservation, the written word, fine woodworking, and personal ethics. The event takes place May 26 at 6:00 pm (EDT).
Registration is nearly full for the 2023 Folklife in the South Gathering. FiTS takes place June 8-10, 2023, at Lake Guntersville State Park in Guntersville, Alabama.
Peggy Yocom is offering an in-person creative writing workshop, titled Living Words: Folklore and Creative Writing, in Maine from July 23 - 29.